Friday, November 07, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008

Some Facts About Stalingrad
1.In 1942 and early' 43, in the city, the sky was
bleached bed-sheet white each morning.
2.All day long, as I carried the souls across it, that
sheet was splashed with blood, until it was full and
bulging to the earth.
3.In the evening, it would be wrung out and
bleached again, ready for the next dawn.
4.And that was when the fighting was only during
the day.
-- "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Saturday, October 04, 2008

How can you become soft until you discover that hard breaks easily?
How can you reject violence without facing your own?
How can you overcome fear without knowing fear?
How can you declare victory over self without understanding self?

You can not.

Some say that Aikido is built on contradictions, how can martial be peaceful and non violent?

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

There is an interesting discussion on Aikido Journal regarding the origin and usage of the term O Sensei.
Here is an image from page 14 of Traditional Aikido vol. 5. Note how the "old master" and "present master" are juxtapositioned